Rainwater - Sandra Brown

Title: Rainwater

Author: Sandra Brown

Publisher: Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2009
ISBN: 9781410421432

Copyright: 2001Pages: 341

Quick Review: 3 stars (out of 5)

Why I Read It: Bonnie recommended this author.

Where I Obtained the Book: Got it at my local library. Synopsis:

A romantic historical novel from bestselling thriller-master Sandra Brown, about an independent woman who runs a boarding house in Dust Bowl Texas.

Review: This is about a strong woman who is alone with an autistic son. She runs a boarding house and one of her boarders changes her life. He’s ill, but he brings life back to her life.

I liked the book, it was interesting and quick to read.

Author Biography:

Sandra Brown began her writing career in 1980. After selling her first book, she wrote a succession of romance novels under several pseudonyms, most of which remain in print. She has become one of the country's most popular novelists, earning the notice of Hollywood and of the critics. Forty of her books have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. There are fifty million copies of her books in print, and her work has been translated into twenty-nine languages. Prior to writing, she worked in commercial television as an on-air personality for PM Magazine and local news in Dallas. The parents of two, she and her husband now divide their time between homes in Texas and South Carolina. Sandra Brown was born in Waco, Texas and studied English at Texas Christian University. After leaving college, she worked in many different fields including performing in live theatre, managing a cosmetics store and modeling at the Dallas Apparel Mart. She also appeared in television commercials, which led to jobs in weather forecasting and feature reporting on PM Magazine. After being let go from a part-time job, she attended a writers' conference at the University of Houston and decided to become a full time fiction writer.

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